Valerie Burton’s Blog

Okay, once again all hail Twitter.  I found out from one of my Tweeps about  Microsoft Office 2010 Beta earlier today and I have downloaded it and I am playing.  I am in lovvvvve.  (Hopefully the love will last but for now it is sweet like the honeymoon.)  So far I have sent two blog posts to my Blogger blog, it would not accept this feed, ;(.   The freedom to be able to type and post is exhilarating. 

 Will check back soon,  I am playing with the screenshot feature.  Yes, the screenshot feature.  I so hope that my computer does not blow up. 

 Ain’t love grand ????

• RT: @web20classroom @tomwhitby: The Educator’s PLN has page 2 promote Confs, webinars, Meetings & Special Events http://bit.ly/206EBo. #
• RT: @edutopia @slepeb: 10 Predictions for How Social Media Will Impact Learning in 2010 http://viigo.im/1xBq. Agree or disagree #
• RT: @russeltarr Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire: http://tinyurl.com/yk27uxg What kind r u? #
• RT: @linkstoliteracy has moved! Please follow here now: http://www.literacytoolbox.wordpress.com #
• RT: @dajbelshaw It’s the transitions between activities that makes or break lessons. #
• RT: @RevRunWisdom He who is happy makes others happy also… who r u with? #
• RT: @tweetmeme Oprah ending talk show in 2011 - CNN.com http://retwt.me/1Kztu (via @cnnbrk) #
• RT: @NOLAnews North Pole residents want to reclaim duties replying to letters to Santa Claus http://bit.ly/2Rcj6p #
• RT: @rww Must-read real-time blog notes from Google Chrome OS event today from RWW’s own @fredericl: http://bit.ly/15UtMM #
• Gr8 for all PLN’s @ShellTerrell @JoHart @philhart @tomwhitby @web20classroom @TferThomas @KateLindseyDraz @Edu4U @Englishprofi @abfromz #
• Gr8 for all PLN’s @Mrs_Dem @Sozudogru @patjack67 @andi1984 @fernandocassola @DHL66 @BirdyOz @annehodg @PeterVogel #
• RT: @storytellin The Best Digital Storytelling Resources | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: http://bit.ly/DKm6a. Check out his site #
• @ShellTerrell Thanks for the great resources. =D #
• @warbuff Just requested my Google Wave Invite! Get yours at http://bit.ly/JZ7Jx-wave.info - #googlewave #googlewaveinvite #
• Youth | Stories for Change: http://bit.ly/26WI3y How powerful is the sound of a YOUNG HONEST VOICE via @storytellin #
• RT @web20classroom: Awesome Tech. How-To’s…http://is.gd/4ZeZy (via @kathyschrock’s SOS.) Must have resources. THX #
• RT @laroncarter: Here are a few suggestions toward creating a floor plan that flows from your classroom door. http://wp.me/pnW9u-b8 #
• Engaging Your Students « LaRon Carter ’s Asphalt Check | A Problem Solving Blog for Street Savvy Teachers http://bit.ly/1Sf9gz #
• How to add value, not just more tech, with Web 2.0+ http://education.zdnet.com/… #
• Ten excellent online apps for the innovative teacher http://bit.ly/14LqE0 #
• The Adjective Game for Kids promoting word choice for writing topics http://writingfix.com/forkids/adjectivegame.htm #
• WritingFix for Kids: Quick Prompts http://writingfix.com/Traits_Primary.htm#forkids Give them an interactive choice #

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• @zemote You have succeeded! I just started using it and I’ve trained 2 other teachers on the perks that Edmodo can bring to our classes. #
• RT: @russeltarr Handy - Wikispaces now allows customised permissions for individual pages: http://tinyurl.com/mx34o7 #
• RT: @linkstoliteracy I have transferred Literacy Toolbox over to wordpress: http://bit.ly/1BIpdy Please check it out! #
• RT: @linkstoliteracy Literacy Toolbox http://bit.ly/1BIpdy Please check it out! #
• RT: @tomwhitby @ShellTerrell: 6 Innovative Ways to Write Your Next Blog Post (With Case Studies) http://bit.ly/4R6ML #
• RT: @theteachershub 100 Great Google Docs Tips for Students & Educators AccreditedOnlineColleges.org http://bit.ly/4oc9zx via~theteachershub #
• RT: @readingrockets interviewed Julie Andrews & her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton about new poetry anthology. Video coming soon! #
• RT: @kellyhines @attipscast: Discovery Education’s free online puzzlemaker create mazes, word searches, puzzles&more: http://bit.ly/1spmhJ #
• RT: @theteachershub “Make a Photo Collage Online Using Images from any Web Page” http://j.mp/3HBjA1 #
• RT: @web20classroom Reading: “Google Reveals Details of Chrome OS [Pictures and Video]” ( http://bit.ly/3J9sVT ) via @mashable #

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• RT: @msgregson @googlestudents: Templates added to Google Sites, making it easier 2 create and share ur own website http://bit.ly/161fad #
• RT: @TechnologyToday RT @web20classroom Creating A Grassroots PLN at your School - http://bit.ly/482BkS #edchat #
• RT: @theteachershub The Educator’s PLN has 1305 members. Can we get 1320 before the end of the day? Help out! http://bit.ly/QUthF Plz RT #
• RT: @NMHS_Principal @kdwashburn @jerridkruse: If we are to lead students in learning, we must 1st be active & reflective learners ourselves. #
• @NMHS_Principal. Good luck tomorrow. You do us all proud. #
• Wanted to share my livebinder - It has all pages needed for my English I class http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/3874 #web20wednesday #
• RT @quote_daily: You don’t have to control your thoughts, you just have to stop letting them control you. - Dan Millman #
• RT @tombarrett: I don’t want 100 untried and untested ways to do things all the time, I just want a handful of real examples, real stories. #
• RT @AuntyTech: 100 Digital Storytelling Tools (Part 3) http://u.nu/8bbw3 #web20wednesday #
• RT @RevRunWisdom: Dating should be less about your outward circumstances, and more about meeting ur INNER needs… #
• @hitechclassroom Thanks for the Retweet love =D #
• @LiveBinders Thanks for the Retweet love =D #
• RT @diego_s: “Learning is More Than Absorbing Facts, It Is Acquiring Understanding” William Arthur Ward via @artcoaching - so so true =D #
• @mbteach I am sooooo jealous. I did just clean out my bag though. Papers are now in nice, neat stacks to be….. graded? #
• RT @englishraven: @cummingsl: Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia -> new site of free edvids for Ss age 3-18! http://www.watchknow.org/ #
• Investigate The nine tribes of the internet http://slidesha.re/3Kt4ig ~ I am a digital collaborator, what r u? #
• RT @ShellTerrell: Pecha Kucha http://bit.ly/3kO319 by @abfromz #
• RT @WebStudio13 50 Things to Avoid When You Tweet http://bit.ly/42Ivd8 Check list and make sure you do not commit any of these sins. #
• RT @storytellin: Working With Student Storytellers: http://bit.ly/23yvzU LOTS of links and resources to use. #
• RT @feedtheteacher: RT @jeffpulver: Looking to get more out of twitter? Four simple words as a strategy: Listen. Connect. Share. Engage. #

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• Check this video out — Google Wave: Creating a saved search http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g456aunR1JQ #
• Check this video out — Google Wave: 15 features http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBzuuWZPaXc #
• Just quickly completed a glog for our UpfromSlavery study. Glogster http://bit.ly/1f7bZ4 #
• The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave http://bit.ly/JHDKc #
• RT @WWLTV: At just 7 and 12, two local drummers have some saying “prodigy” http://bit.ly/3YbX20 #
• RT @web20classroom: Be sure to join us at 7pm EST for #edchat. “How do we encourage teachers who don’t see the value in tech integration” #
• just voted “Yes” on “If #edchat was held on Google Wave, would you participate?” vote too ➔ http://bit.ly/N1zmw #
• Voted YES. Wave would be good but those w/out invites would be xcluded http://bit.ly/N1zmw #
• RT @106andpark: Which would you rather have more of…brains, beauty, or braver? And why? {Brains of course. Brainy techs rule} =D #

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• @zemote Thanks for the notice. I’ll b out tomorrow & needed to send them notes. I was able to post tomorrow’s work before you went down. #
• @zemote #
• @zemote Edmodo has become invaluable to my class. #
• RT @diego_s: “People Begin to Become Successful The Minute they Decide to Be.”~ Harvey Mackay @Iconic88 #
• RT @MatthiasHeil: @JustTweets: I don’t use Twitter, says Barack Obama… http://bit.ly/1rm3QQ . May not be him tweeting but I still follow #

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• RT: @nancydevine @mnjorgensen EXCITED about new resource 4 introducing tech in the classroom to teachers http://bit.ly/1VkvkX #
• RT: @russeltarr Google Wave Cheat Sheet: http://tinyurl.com/yjsw48g #
• RT: @storytellin Everybody Loves A Story –What’s Yours?: http://bit.ly/Dh5fO #
• Have no limits! RT: @tonyrobbins Strongest are the bars in those jails that we have made for ourselves. #
• RT: @jackiegerstein TopTen (web tools) for Young Learners This is a featured page http://bit.ly/12bphB #
• RT: @storytellin Use PowerPoint to Develop an Interactive Story http://bit.ly/1hl7cC #
• RT: @englishteach8 Building community in you classroom: http://bit.ly/rnYq #
• RT: @englishteach8 @delicious50: The Digital Narrative - Find your story http://bit.ly/39261y web2.0 ed tools teachning blog writing #
• RT: @englishteach8 @skipz: 100 Google Docs Tips for Students & Educators - http://snipurl.com/t8xob [www_accreditedonlinecolleges_org] #
• RT: @edgalaxy_com 10 Tech alternatives to the boring old Book Report http://bit.ly/2NpsoL
  www.edgalaxy.com #
• RT: @MatthiasHeil Fundstück: The Best Online Resources For Helping Students Learn To Write Persuasive Essays http://j.mp/2PnffS #
• RT: @kjarrett Bob McKerrow: “Are you a leader or a manager?” http://ow.ly/Csa1 (especially see: ‘Distinctions between Manager and Leader’) #
• RT: @NOLAnews Keeping safe on the Internet: Tips for parents http://bit.ly/2jpUFW #
• Attention loss feared as high-tech rewires brain. Hmmm. SF Chronicle http://tinyurl.com/yflq3oz RT: @englishteach8 @Larryferlazzo #
• RT: @storytellin Interactive Narratives - The Best in Multimedia Storytelling and Multimedia Journalism: http://bit.ly/vy6Vk #
• @ official92 I thought it was just me mentioned in porn spam re: celebrity sex. Ewwww. Yech. How does that happen? #
• @expiscornovus Thanks for ReTweet love #
• “Laughter is inner jogging.” ~Norman Cousins #
• Rates of childhood obesity have tripled since 1980. How can we save our children? Find out TONIGHT at 10pm/9c. http://ow.ly/BLDq #
• 72 Million: the number of American adults now considered 2 B overweight. Get the facts 2nite at 10pm/9c http://ow.ly/BLD4 #
• RT @RevRunWisdom: the only perfect person is the person who knows they’re not perfect.. be eaaaasy #
• RT @RevRunWisdom: Ladies..The ideal man doesnt sin, doesnt foul up, doesnt cry, doesnt make u cry & DOESNT EXSIST! (pic 1 & move on) #
• RT @UncleRUSH: Many of those stuffed with worldly possessions grow tired or even sick from managing or wasting Gods resources. so true #
• RT @whitehouse: Watch President Obama take ?s from Chinese students & the web. Live Monday 12:45pm Shanghai time @ http://bit.ly/24vXX2 #
• RT @dictionarycom: Word of the Day - agog: in eager desire. http://dlvr.it/1S9 #
• RT @LadyProducHer: RT @TferThomas: 5 Impressive Real-Life Google Wave Use Cases courtesy of @Mashable http://viigo.im/1uBi #
• RT @KelliSwan: Google Wave Explained in Plain English -> http://bit.ly/TLuAI (via @diego_s) #
• RT @Twitter_Tips One click to integrate Twitter Into Google Wave: http://j.mp/2Ijahs #
• RT @wave_: Discuss the future technology at Web 3.0 forum of Google Wave Community : http://bit.ly/1U6PCp #
• RT @wave_: Feeling lonely on Wave ? Join Google Wave Community http://tr.im/wave_ and say hello 2 other sandbox users @ http://z.pe/Btk #
• RT @wave_: Please maintain quality of posts in Google Wave Community http://bit.ly/1QDrhK (by @pulkit_verma) #
• Can Google Wave be used as a shared/ community Storytelling platform? Maybe I’ll try to create a public wave later to see #
• RT @wave_: RT this and follow @wave_. Win 3 Google Wave Invite http://bit.ly/2bJ4Ko #gwc #
• Test your kid lit IQ with school-themed Daily Quiz, Nov 15-21, 4 NEA’s Education Week. http://ow.ly/CuYN (via @readingrockets: ) #
• @langwitches I use the chat features included in our class Nings. They use it frequently. In class and school and out #
• RT @debsocafe: Instructional strategies to help you become a better teacher. http://pedagogy.merlot.org/ #
• RT @web20classroom: Tips For A Good Looking Wiki….http://is.gd/4VFaV #
• RT @web20classroom: 6 Resources for Using Twitter in Education….http://is.gd/4VFbC #
• RT @WWLTV: Free medical checkups help uninsured in trying times http://bit.ly/35lCki #
• RT @web20classroom: 10 Gadgets to make GWave More Productive And Fun….http://is.gd/4VFeZ #
• RT @web20classroom: Resources for @Voicethread in the Classroom and some great examples of its use….http://is.gd/4VFxo #
• RT @Hammarstrand: #GoogleWave Develpr ‘Preview presentation’ at Keynote of Google I/O. Video: http://bit.ly/3NweMd + http://wave.google.com #
• RT @web20classroom: A new #edchat poll has posted. What do you want to talk about this week? Have your say! Vote now! http://is.gd/4VJxY #

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• RT @russeltarr: The Best Free Fonts of 2009: http://tinyurl.com/ykarmm6 #
• RT @tomwhitby: This is almost 2010, if we are trying to teach 21st Century skills,we are already 10 years behind the times. #
• RT @Larryferlazzo: The Best Ways To Create Online Tests http://bit.ly/R8gGP #
• RT @Larryferlazzo: Best Places Where Students Can Write Online http://bit.ly/J0oAR #
• RT @Larryferlazzo: Amazing hip hop version of Alexander Hamilton’s life story, from White House event http://tinyurl.com/yh5fpnm #
• RT @AngelaMaiers: AMAZING! Web 2.0 Literacy Tools Master List Fall http://ow.ly/AAf9 #
• RT @AngelaMaiers: The New Literacy: Stanford study finds richness and complexity in students’ writing http://ow.ly/zvTc #
• RT @AngelaMaiers: RT @TeachaKidd: Good story in Education Week about Twitter in schools http://bit.ly/24CFCh #
• RT @AngelaMaiers: Google announces Google Dashboard http://bit.ly/1vlLxZ #
• RT @tombarrett: Using Instant Messaging in Education – Good or Bad? http://bit.ly/289BgG #
• RT @SuzanneWhisler: A guide for talking to your children about online behavior. http://bit.ly/2Y09Wh #
• RT @SuzanneWhisler: RT @JordanKent Great list! Top 10 web 2.0 for children. Great list. http://bit.ly/5uES #
• RT @NMHS_Principal: Education is all about helping students succeed; there is NO room 4 closed-minded thinking #
• RT @ShellTerrell: Best Practices for Preventing Cyberbullying http://bit.ly/1KyFBZ #
• RT @NMHS_Principal: RT @russeltarr: 10 ways to become an inspirational teacher: http://tinyurl.com/yb3xgtg #
• Just sent IM to student working on her Ning assignments. Thanks @Jasmine M #
• It is 11:00 am in New Orleans and I have 2 students working on our Up From Slavery Ning. I am so overwhelmed that I could cry. Go BUCS #

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• Education News Archive :: Guided Reading Gets Organized: http://bit.ly/2bDLMh via @addthis #

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I have copied a blog post for my English I class.  We are currently reading Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington.  We are reading the story (with either a podcast of me reading the story or a student volunteer. )   Our assignments so far have been to generate: a timeline of national and personal events from the time of Booker T. Washington’s life; several All Write Round Robin with students responding to theme based prompts; and several quick quizzes. 

I want to use the last few days working on a Ning I created for our novel study.  It is the second Ning that I have created but the first one that I have used.  Will let you know how it turns out.

Your next assignment will be to create a Podcast of your interview as Booker T. Washington.  You must: have a partner be your Interviewer and you must answer at least 10 questions in character.  Remember that you are Booker T. Washington and therefore you must answer as though you were him.  For example, as Booker T. Washington you cannot list a car as a mode of transportation.

• Blog post with Videos that show how to use Audacity
• Ning for our Up From Slavery study
• The interview questions can also be found on the Up From Slavery Ning

To blog is to share and to share is to grow =D

• RT @russeltarr: Free music archive for use in podcasts/videos http://tinyurl.com/l3qseg #
• Education News Archive :: Top 12 Ways to Increase Student Participation: http://bit.ly/46NrcR via @addthis #
• RT @AndresHenriquez: Revised: Standards for the assessment of reading and writing from NCTE and IRA: http://bit.ly/41BUWJ #literacy #

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• RT @SeanBanville: RT @barbsaka: Note to new Twitter users: Avoid all games and applications that ask for access to your account. #
• Protecting kids or free speech: Where to draw the line?: http://bit.ly/4GA49h via @addthis #
• Anytime, Anywere Professional Development: check out eSchool News articles hhttp://bit.ly/pQS6l #
• Rethinking Education for the 21st Century:(6-minute video clip)
  Jefferson Parish school officials discuss their Education 3.0 investment #
• RT @RevRunWisdom: Refusing to hope is the beginning of your demise (Keep hope! STAY fly!) #
• RT @englishteach8: 60 Second Recap | Romeo and Juliet | 3: The Plot: http://bit.ly/2enOLk #
• RT @kellyhines: RT @russeltarr: 10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports: http://tinyurl.com/lpp8k2 We will be making cartoons #
• 60 Second Recap podcasts on literary terms and composition writing | http://bit.ly/491F4z #
• RT @WWLTV: Ida is now a Cat. 2 hurricane moving n2 the Southern Gulf. High winds, rain, and coastal flooding expected. http://tr.im/Ey5W #

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Throughout life, we encounter difficulties… roadblocks… puzzles… things that frustrate us… that impede us… that hold us back from our future. In today’s world, the threat of having our dreams ripped from us is all too real.. between the war on terror, threats of impending global doom (global warming, 2012, giant asteroids etc.), and economic downturn, life’s “little puzzles” have grown exponentially more complex.

Rubik’s cubes have got to be the greatest invention on the face of the earth. This frustrating little puzzle has over 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations.

 Your task is to develop a list of 10 things that are puzzling to you.  For example:

• I do not understand baggy pants
• I do not know why young people curse so much
• I do not get Calculus
• I have no idea why Family Guy is still on tv

Create a blog entry that lists the things that frustrate you or things that you just don’t understand . 

First of all I would like to apologize for the inundation of electronic devices for you to keep track of and to use for class.  I am trying to consolidate a guide for each of us to follow. 

SOCIAL MEDIA Our means of communicating with one another is as follows:
Edmodo for a message board.  We can send each other messages and assignments.

BLOG PAGES Blogs will be used to publish some of your work and I will use them to post subject related blogs: tech tips, journal topics, quotes, reminders, ideas and reflections.  I expect you to do the same on your blogs. 
Edublogs but they have ads so I am not impressed but they have a wonderful contest that I wanted us to participate in. 
Blogger is the one that we will continue to use in class.  Our Blog Page will be used for you to post journal responses.  In order to use it, you will have to set up a google email account and create a Blog Page in Blogger.  (we will do this in class when everyone has a computer)

FRESHMAN EBoard  May be used to post announcements and reminders.

WIKI PAGES  These will serve as my class website and as your electronic portfolios.

We will be using several wikipages for different reasons to produce different publications.

Ms Burton is Online, Scholarly Submissions, Wikis Across the World, Star Crossed Lovers, Current Events, No Place Like Home

Google Docs to use for class

OnLine Testing
HRW Online and Discovery Student

English I LiveBinder Here is a compilation of the websites that we will be using in class.

To blog is to share and to share is to grow =D

• RT: @janineshepherd “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” -Samuel Johnson #

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• Interesting infographic “Obama’s War Council” See everyone’s opinion: http://bit.ly/3qmpR6 RT @Larryferlazzo #

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Thanks to a Twitter mention, I explored the Vermillion Parish Site for resources.  It is a wonderful site for resource help for those of us who teach in Louisiana and use the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum.  The link below is to a page of resources designed to help teach the 6 units that we must cover in Unit 1.  The site has links for Power Point Presentations, Interactive sites, and much much more.  Thanks to my Twitter PLN and the English Department of Vermillion Parish for taking the time and effort in producing these resources.  This Jeff Parish teacher says “Thanks”

Vermilion Parish High School ELA

• RT: @Larryferlazzo @SuzanneWhisler: Technology tools for teachers to check out. http://www.superteachertools.com/ #
• Happy Birthday Robert. Wish you much happiness. Smooches #

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• Check this video out — Occupation Romeo - Students recite Shakespeare using roles http://bit.ly/412AXH #
• @Larryferlazzo Tried INTODIT and not really impressed. Was not ez to place widgets. Made a mistake and received an error message in German. #

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